Michael Romanoff

Michael Romanoff, aka Prince Michael Dimitri Alexandrovich Obolensky-Romanoff, born Hershel Geguzin, (February 20, 1890 – September 1, 1971) was a Hollywood restaurateur, conman, and actor born in Lithuania. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, in 1971. He is perhaps best known as the owner of the now-defunct Romanoff's, a Beverly Hills restaurant popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s and 1950s.

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